Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-04-22, 21:08
Cyrix200+ wrote: Is that the FDD connector all the way down there? That's a little inconvenient I think? Yes, yes it is.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-04-22, 20:26
Today I got slightly impatient with my PII build, and in an attempt to keep me away from ebay and stop me buying new hardware, I thought I'd put together a P4 build around an ECS motherboard with a 2.4GHz CPU (not sure if Northwood or Prescott) http://i.imgur.com/hNmpBfWh.jpg The 7cm fan spins at 4, …
Re: My ASUS P2B Pentium II Build
Posted on 2017-04-21, 08:40
If you use old slot CPUs, then always make sure to renew the heatsink compound. That stuff becomes dry and very ineffective over the years! Yes you're right but unfortunately I have no idea how to get the SECC heatsink/ Cartridge off! I usually put fresh thermal paste on anything I buy second hand …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-04-19, 18:12
I've never played any of these, and picked them up cheaply 😀 So I've been playing these over past few days on my PII whilst I decide what S370 board to purchase! UT is great fun.
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2017-04-19, 18:10
Where the frustration happens! My geek storage.
Re: Which of these S370 Motherboards
Posted on 2017-04-19, 18:02
I would say the QDI CPU support and BIOS possibilities are limited on most OEM boards. Overklocking is mostly not possible on OEM boards... ...Maybe it is cheaper to buy a whole old PIII computer. I bought one whit a Tualatin Celeron 1200 for almost nothing, shipping cost were higher that the PC. …
Which of these S370 Motherboards
Posted on 2017-04-19, 13:00
I'm looking at getting a Socket 370 motherboard for some Pentium 3 gaming. On ebay (in the UK at least) some are rather expensive (being £60+). So I've been looking at some OEM branded motherboards like Compaq which are all sub £20. I have the following to choose from. Three Compaqs: http://www.ebay …
Re: What do you drive?
Posted on 2017-04-18, 19:06
Here is my 'daily driver' It's a 2003 BMW E46 330ci Manual (231hp euro-spec).
What do you all do with your old PCs?
Posted on 2017-04-01, 13:40
I started building my PII PC essentially because my main Windows 10 PC has trouble running games (DX8 and older I believe) full screen; I'd get a window / frame with the close button running these games, which means some of my bottom of my game is chopped off to fit the frame. However, my PII PC is …
Re: My ASUS P2B Pentium II Build
Posted on 2017-03-27, 18:21
My heatsink, CPU and slocket have all arrived, and I'd like to set it up correctly (as correctly as possible anyway!) http://i.imgur.com/HqD2RoIh.jpg I chose this slocket because a) it has lots of jumpers to set various frequencies and voltages and b) there isn't much choice of slockets on ebay UK. …
Getting Windows 98SE onto the internet
Posted on 2017-03-24, 21:15
I've got a Compaq NC3123 Ethernet adapter in my Windows 98SE PC. It is connected to my Windows 10 PC through a Cat5e cable. My Windows 10 PC connects to my wireless modem/router combo (can't remember what its called but it provides internet access and 'organises' my home network not that I really …
Re: My ASUS P2B Pentium II Build
Posted on 2017-03-21, 07:29
Thanks, that's very useful to know! This means I can use the Socket 478 cooler than came with the motherboard in the case and save a few £££. Do you think a stock 478 heatsink would be sufficient to passively cool a 700MHz PIII?
Re: My ASUS P2B Pentium II Build
Posted on 2017-03-18, 11:22
I've taken the plunge and bought a Slocket and I made sure I got one with lots of voltage / FSB options! I also bought a PIII SL4ZM 700MHz/100MHz FSB/ 1.75v CPU to go with it. How do I cool it? Do I use the heatsink from a SECC / SECC 2 cooler? Or do I need a S370 cooler? The slocket doesn't have …
Re: My ASUS P2B Pentium II Build
Posted on 2017-03-17, 22:50
If a PII already has a passive cooling solution which I want to improve, the easiest way to me is to simply 'activate' it :P To be honest, this was just a 'prototype' to test whether my CPU overclock was unstable due to overheating rather than a permanent cooling solution, and I got fed up of …
Re: Poor gaming performance on my PC
Posted on 2017-03-17, 22:47
why not dx7? why did you choose this driver anyway?you really should try older ones, you can install newer ones later anyway if im wrong; ver 12 or so is imho the latest to try I was on DX7 untill I installed 3DMark 2001 just now, which needs Dx8, so the game framerates are using DX7. I was indeed …
Re: Poor gaming performance on my PC
Posted on 2017-03-17, 21:36
3DMark 1999: 3,628 3DMark 2000: 1,604 3DMark 2001: 606
Re: Poor gaming performance on my PC
Posted on 2017-03-17, 20:40
Thanks for the help, i'll run 3DMark 99-2001 and see what I get. I'm using FRAPS 1.9D (although obviously I'll shut it down for the 3DMark runs!). Those are usually minimum requirements so it's to expected. Even though my PC has getting on for "double the specification" of some of those requirements …
Poor gaming performance on my PC
Posted on 2017-03-17, 20:14
Hi there! I have put together the following PC: Windows 98SE 4.10.2222.A ASUS P2B (1014 Beta 3 BIOS, 440BX Chipset drivers 2.9) PII 450MHz 128MB PC-100 SDRAM Riva TNT2 Pro 16MB (45.23, DirectX8) 160GB HDD with a 30GB primary partition from around 2004 I am getting poor performance in all games. I …
Re: My ASUS P2B Pentium II Build
Posted on 2017-03-15, 21:49
My 50MHz overclock wasn't stable, which I assumed was due to overheating (given that my PII doesn't have a fan), so this was my solution 😉
Re: Driver (1999) - Unresponsive controls & Low draw distance?
Posted on 2017-03-15, 19:38
For the vehicle handling, try turning the Auto Handbrake option on (or Off if it is on by default). There is also something called fast steer which makes the handling... Different. This Is a hold button, can't remember what the default button is! I think the idea is you hold the button down to make …
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